Courtney Lewis, Conductor
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjvskfCxL6Y Dear readers, My name is Courtney Lewis. I’m a conductor. Later this month, I start working with the Jacksonville Symphony as Music Director Designate. As we speak, I’m preparing for our first concerts together on Sept. 26 and 27. This is the first entry of a new blog I’m going to post each month to keep you up to date with what’s going on with our wonderful orchestra. So first of all, let me introduce myself. I grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As I’m sure you know, Belfast has a chequered history due to the many different identities locals ascribe to. I call myself Northern Irish or British. My father was a barrister (lawyer) and my mother is a professor at Queen’s University,